{"id":46336,"date":"2026-03-30T20:36:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=46336"},"modified":"2026-03-30T20:36:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:06:55","slug":"raphael-guerreiro-to-leave-fc-bayern-munich-as-free-agent-in-june-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/transfer-news\/raphael-guerreiro-to-leave-fc-bayern-munich-as-free-agent-in-june-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapha\u00ebl Guerreiro to leave FC Bayern Munich as free agent in June 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">Rapha\u00ebl Guerreiro, the versatile Portuguese international, has reportedly decided not to extend his contract with <strong>FC Bayern Munich<\/strong>. The 32-year-old is set to depart the German giants as a <strong>free agent<\/strong> when his current deal expires at the end of the 2025\/26 season in June 2026.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">This marks the end of a three-year chapter at the Allianz Arena for the player who initially joined Bayern on a free transfer from rivals <strong>Borussia Dortmund<\/strong> in 2023.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">A Versatile Career and Impact at Bayern<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Born on December 22, 1993, in Le Blanc-Mesnil, France, Guerreiro holds Portuguese citizenship and has been a key figure for the Portugal national team (65 caps, 4 goals). Standing at 1.70m, he is renowned for his technical ability, attacking contributions from the left flank, and positional versatility.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">At Bayern, Guerreiro has operated primarily as a <strong>left-back<\/strong>, but has also featured effectively as a left midfielder, central midfielder, and even right-back when needed. Despite early injury setbacks in his first season, he delivered strong performances in subsequent campaigns, contributing goals and assists while adding depth to the squad.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">In the current 2025\/26 season, he has already notched notable contributions in the Bundesliga and Champions League, showcasing his enduring quality even as a rotation player under the current management setup.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">His time at Bayern followed a highly successful seven-year spell at Borussia Dortmund (2016\u20132023), where he established himself as one of the Bundesliga\u2019s most dangerous attacking full-backs\/midfielders. Prior to that, he developed in France with Caen and Lorient.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Why Bayern Are Letting Him Go<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">According to recent reports, Bayern Munich have made a clear decision not to offer Guerreiro a new contract. The club appears to be shifting focus toward younger players with higher long-term potential as part of their squad rebuilding strategy.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Guerreiro\u2019s contract situation has been under discussion for months, with sources indicating limited playing time and a preference for fresher options in key positions. After arriving on a free in 2023, the club seems comfortable allowing him to leave similarly in 2026, following a similar path to other senior players like Leon Goretzka who are also departing on free transfers this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rapha\u00ebl Guerreiro, the versatile Portuguese international, has reportedly decided not to extend his contract with FC Bayern Munich. The 32-year-old\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":46337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4660],"tags":[5047,5046],"class_list":["post-46336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transfer-news","tag-fc-bayern-munich","tag-raphael-guerreiro"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46338,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46336\/revisions\/46338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}